> Freddy's quickstart is a step in the right direction but it has some > flaws > IMHO. One is it doesn't internally take care of a development container > to > run your app in. You have to either go get jetty, set a jetty home, etc > etc > or run it in Tomcat which is another manual process the way Freddy has it > set up. Now for the absolute beginner this is a catch 22.
I agree that these are additional steps that have to be done. But you could argue further that you need to install the JDK, and to say a PHP newbie who is using Stripes to try Java web application development, does that mean that the script should install the JDK? I debated including Jetty automatically. It wouldn't be too hard to embed it (my first cut at the Stripes book sample code had this in the bundle, but then I was asked to remove it.) At the end of the day, I decided that it was worth it for the newbie to understand how to install Jetty or Tomcat. Either one is just download/unzip/configure path, which is the same for any Java app so you'd have to be a complete newbie not to have done this before. Also, if you've ever run any Java web app before, you will already have a servlet container installed. Again, understand that I see your point and the value in this being done automatically, but I'm also catering to not-so-newbies that are already using Stripes and just want to save some time creating a new project. Just my 0.02$CAD. Cheers, Freddy http://www.stripesbook.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Stripes-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users
